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Re: Is Earth's Magnetic Field Flipping Soon?

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Post by roywiggins »

swamp40 wrote: post #44
Renaud wrote: post #24

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That's certainly eccentric to say the least... a mix of some well thought out and valid information completely spoiled by pseudo-science nonsense like references to Planet X and Nibiru[1]... [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nibiru_cataclysm

Lieder described Planet X as roughly four times the size of the Earth, and said that its closest approach would occur on May 27, 2003, resulting in the Earth's rotation ceasing for exactly 5.9 terrestrial days. This would be followed by the Earth's pole destabilising in a pole shift (a physical pole shift, with the Earth's pole physically moving, rather than a geomagnetic reversal) caused by magnetic attraction betwe…

My favorite part about that particular theory was that in the run-up to May 27th, if Nibiru existed we would all know, due to it by far being the brightest thing in the night sky.

Not that that deterred anyone determined to believe, of course.

Re: Is Earth's Magnetic Field Flipping Soon?

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Post by iamthepieman »

darkpuma wrote: post #50
dugluak wrote: post #45

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They don't understand the implications. There are many people who take this seriously and dig holes underground, spend thousands of dollars to prepare themselves for the D day ....

I'm stockpiling orgonite right now to protect my family. When the magnetic poles flip that stuff is going to be worth it's weight in gold!

That was a rabbit hole i did not need to spend the last 30 minutes on.

For those who don't have the time like I didn't

Organite is a substance made of resin metals and quartz that balances and harmonizes Bio-energy (known as orgone). Orgone is analogous to chi or prana and is a type of bio-energy that reverses the effect of entropy[0] It seems to be a mix of crystal healing and EMF grounding (also known as earthing)

It can:

  - Neutralizes emf radiation.
  - Clears negative energy.
  - Aids in meditation.
  - Supports restful sleep.
  - Enhances lucid dreaming.
  - Relieves stress.
  - Purifies the living area.
  - Can detoxify water.
It is, of course, completely bogus.

[0]If your theory is found to be against the second law of theromodynamics, I give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation. - Arthur Eddington

Re: Is Earth's Magnetic Field Flipping Soon?

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Post by legohead »

mrspeaker wrote: post #2

"While any magnetic-field flip would still be thousands of years away...". Sneaky sentence right at the end. Sure the last one happened 700,000 years ago, so it is "soon", the but article made it sound like it was happening tomorrow!

Betteridge's law of headlines: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no."

If we were pretty certain this was going to actually happen, the article would be: The Pole is flipping soon! Here's what you need to know. etc

Re: Is Earth's Magnetic Field Flipping Soon?

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Post by dorchadas »

magduf wrote: post #58
mikestew wrote: post #55

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Anyone that has messed with a Raspberry Pi will tell you that you don't want to hang the hopes of humanity being rebooted on a consumer-grade SD card. And since I'm nit-picking, any scenario necessitating the rebooting of civilization might very well involve something that fries SD cards and takes the silicon in your solar panel with it (nukes, big solar flare thingy). Boy Scout Field Guide and an Army survival manua…

Nukes and solar flares can be protected against: just seal your electronics in a good faraday cage. Putting them in an underground bunker in a lead-lined room should do it. Your paper books won't last as long: today's paper is acidic and falls apart within a century.

> Your paper books won't last as long: today's paper is acidic and falls apart within a century.

I love old books, and this saddens me.

Re: Is Earth's Magnetic Field Flipping Soon?

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Post by magduf »

dorchadas wrote: post #64
magduf wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nukes and solar flares can be protected against: just seal your electronics in a good faraday cage. Putting them in an underground bunker in a lead-lined room should do it. Your paper books won't last as long: today's paper is acidic and falls apart within a century.

> Your paper books won't last as long: today's paper is acidic and falls apart within a century. I love old books, and this saddens me.

How old? If you like books that are more than a century or so old, then don't worry, those books were made with high-quality paper that really does last. It's the books in the 20th century that won't. (Some might, higher-quality ones say "printed on acid-free paper", so theoretically those will age as well as books made in the 1800s.)

Re: Is Earth's Magnetic Field Flipping Soon?

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Post by [deleted] »

Retra wrote: post #38
arethuza wrote: post #28

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"shift of the earth's crust" So the movie 2012 was based on existing daft ideas or did they get those ideas from the movie?

"shift of the earth's crust with respect to the [...] magnetic poles" This is not incorrect, even if it is a little garden-pathy.

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Re: Is Earth's Magnetic Field Flipping Soon?

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Post by Diederich »

iamthepieman wrote: post #62
darkpuma wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm stockpiling orgonite right now to protect my family. When the magnetic poles flip that stuff is going to be worth it's weight in gold!

That was a rabbit hole i did not need to spend the last 30 minutes on. For those who don't have the time like I didn't Organite is a substance made of resin metals and quartz that balances and harmonizes Bio-energy (known as orgone). Orgone is analogous to chi or prana and is a type of bio-energy that reverses the effect of entropy[0] It seems to be a mix of crystal healing and EMF grounding (also known as earthing)…

> It is, of course, completely bogus.

So sure are you, hmmm??

Re: Is Earth's Magnetic Field Flipping Soon?

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Post by luma »

legohead wrote: post #63
mrspeaker wrote: post #2

"While any magnetic-field flip would still be thousands of years away...". Sneaky sentence right at the end. Sure the last one happened 700,000 years ago, so it is "soon", the but article made it sound like it was happening tomorrow!

Betteridge's law of headlines: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no." If we were pretty certain this was going to actually happen, the article would be: The Pole is flipping soon! Here's what you need to know. etc

When dealing with geologists and cosmologists, 1000 years is the textbook definition of "soon".

Re: Is Earth's Magnetic Field Flipping Soon?

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Post by imglorp »

an_account_name wrote: post #57
imglorp wrote: post #41

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I've always thought it might be cool to package up a bunch of literature on a stack of SD cards and package them with a low power e-ink reader and a solar panel to charge it, then market as a "reboot civilization" kit. The hardest part is actually finding a generic e-ink reader with an sd card slot that doesn't cost $500. It shouldn't need to run full android, just show a PDF or TXT, that's all it needs to do. An off…

The original Kindle has an SD card slot, swappable battery, and is available on eBay for cheap.

Right, like that, but where do I get new ones with similar specs to VAR? There don't seem to be any.

Almost room for a new hardware platform here.

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